An Web Wagering Glossary

Wednesday, 27. January 2010

Regardless of the reality that online wagering is now a billion dollar business, and countless thousands of new players around the world log in every day to play at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of online wagering who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the catchphrases employed in internet betting, and gambling on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is essential to comprehending the games and rules of play:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of their chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the gamblers with remaining money.

ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical contest.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary amount of money into the pot beforeeach hand begins.

BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud made by the player displaying the lowest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in 21, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimum amount of chips required to appear in a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously carried out wager.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match without betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a bet equal to but converse of the opening wager.

COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has ascertained his point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to ascertain a point, or the first toss after a point has been arrived at.

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the initial 2 races of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of 3 groups of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, meaning to bet on a group or player to win or medal in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical value as bet, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: wagering that two horses in an event will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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